Jalil Walker of North Valleys grabs a rebound with Ahmad Thomas of Hug defending during North Valleys' 75-69 win at home on Friday night.

Written by

Duke Ritenhouse
dritenhouse@rgj.com

Unlike some of their counterparts on the girls side, no boys teams in the Division I Northern Region basketball tournament can consider themselves virtually assured of winning a game or advancing to the state tournament.

The competition on the boys side was too close to call for much of the season, although Reed (14-2 in the High Desert League) and Galena (13-3 in the Sierra League) were the most consistent of the bunch. Both won their respective league titles by three games.

Elsewhere, the eight-team tournament field is filled with teams who could flame out in the first round or else get hot and ...